Childhood anxiety vaccinations

Easing anxiety for parents during childhood vaccinations

Featured Image: Simple Line on Shutterstock Childhood immunisations are an everyday occurrence for many Primary Health Care Nurses. Nurses are well prepared to deal with stressors such as pain, anxiety, and fear in children’s interventions such as vaccination. However, intervention outcomes can improve by redirecting these interventions to parents or carers in order to minimise…

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5 important things to know about vaccines this winter

Image source: The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) Nurse Immunisation Team. Supplied Image.  As the 2022 winter season approaches, people across Australia are being reminded to check that they are up to date with their flu vaccinations. With health restrictions easing across the country, people are more likely to interact with and pass on illnesses…

Australian College of Nursing welcomes Therapeutic Goods Administration approval of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) has welcomed the announcement by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to be administered in Australia. Chief Executive Officer of ACN, Adjunct Professor Kylie Ward FACN, said the vaccine was a welcome development in the fight against COVID-19. “This is the news we have been…